RUGBY FOOTBALL

This promises to be a momentous year in the history of the United States. The country will elect its 45th president in November, NASA’s Juno spacecraft is on course to reach Jupiter and rugby might finally, finally crack into the world’s biggest market.

World Rugby have agreed a package of reforms designed to address the crisis in the sport in Tonga.

• Fiji 21-7 New Zealand
• Fiji five points clear of All Blacks with three events to go

American football player Nate Ebner’s chances of competing at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games have been given a boost as he has been named in the United States’ squad for this weekend's Hong Kong Sevens event.

First developmental youth team to prepare young girls for competitive ladies’ rugby

James Haskell has become the latest star to indicate his willingness to represent Team GB at the Olympics saying the selectors should have “free rein” to pick who they want.

Outgoing World Rugby chairman Bernard Lapasset says that the sevens competitions at Rio 2016 will be a "game-changing" moment for the sport.

I'd never been to a live rugby match before, but as a fan of all sports I was intrigued by an invitation to visit the opening leg of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series in Dubai last weekend.

Two sevens wins over New Zealand, a professional league looming and the nation’s fastest growing team sport – the US now offers rugby the richest prize